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BACKGROUND: Neurocritical care is a growing subspecialty. It concerns with the management of life-threatening neurological disorders. There is limited information regarding epidemiological data, disease characteristics, variability of clinical care, and in-hospital mortality of neurocritical patients worldwide. OBJECTIVES: To study the pattern of neurocritical disorders in intensive care units. METHODOLOGY: This prospective observational study was conducted on neurocritical patients who were admitted to four intensive care units of major hospitals in Khartoum state during the period from November 2020 to January 2021. RESULTS: Seventy-two neurocritical patients were included in this study, 40 (55.6%) were males and 32(44.4%) were females. Twenty-three (31.9%) patients were with stroke, 12 (16.7%) with encephalitis, 9 (12.5%) with status epilepticus, 6 (8.3%) with Guillain Barre syndrome, and 4(5.6%) with Myasthenia Gravis (MG). Twenty-three patients (39.9%) needed mechanical ventilation (MV), which was the major indication for intensive care unit admission. CONCLUSION: Stroke was the dominant diagnostic pattern requiring intensive care unit admission. Mechanical ventilation was the major indication for admission. Establishing specialized neurocritical intensive care units is highly recommended.